#78A9DB#78A9DB

#78A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.090 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78A9DB
RGBrgb(120, 169, 219)
HSLhsl(210, 58%, 66%)
HSVhsv(210, 45%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(45.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.64, -3.09, -30.37)
CIE-LCHlch(67.64, 30.53, 264.18°)
OKLaboklab(71.94% -0.0313 -0.0845)
OKLCHoklch(71.94% 0.09 249.7)
XYZxyz(34.7156, 37.4812, 72.4094)
Luminance0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78A9DB #DBAA78
analogous
#78DBDB #78A9DB #7978DB
triadic
#78A9DB #DB78A9 #A9DB78
tetradic
#78A9DB #DB78DB #DBAA78 #78DB79
square
#78A9DB #DB78DB #DBAA78 #78DB79
split-complementary
#78A9DB #DB7978 #DBDB78
monochromatic
#2E6CAB #488ACE #78A9DB #A8C8E8 #D9E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#78A9DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50
#78A9DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A9DB
8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78A9DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78A9DB1.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AADD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A0DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4FB4BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.090 249.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c2e6',
    500: '#78a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78a9db;
$custom-light: #a3c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.303,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78A9DB
secondary
#E7D8C7
accent
#7420C5
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F7FC
border
#CED0D5
text
#0F1216
muted
#7F8184

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#78A9DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva